Sister Wives: Bizarre Stuff Spotted in Background Scenes (PICS)—Accidental or Planned?

Sister Wives star Kody Brown is all about keeping his series alive. So did he allow some controversial stuff to show up in the background of the show’s scenes to create a buzz? Or were these mistakes with the camera catching things that were accidentally overlooked? It seems the viewers remain on the fence about these eye-openers appearing on the screen. And many lean towards this being planned.

Sister Wives: Little Things Add Up for Kody Brown

A few seasons back, the Sister Wives fans became appalled at Kody Brown and Robyn Brown‘s housekeeping. Or maybe the lack of housekeeping better describes the scenes.

While fans saw little things in the background of the scenes taken inside their house, it was a lot of these little things that piled up. And this caused chatter across the Sister Wives universe.

First came the bottles holding medications and supplements. Many were within the reach of the kids, with their youngest, Ariella Brown, being about five years old at the time. Fans came down hard on social media about the dangers of medications left within arm’s reach of the kids.

Along with the supplements and medication came all kinds of food and objects, which sat on the countertops. This left very little room in the kitchen for anything else.

As the camera panned their home, it was obvious that all the tabletops, desktops, and even chairs were strewn with objects you’d expect to find in a closet or cabinet stored neatly away. But “neatness” was not a word the Sister Wives fans used to describe what they saw in the background of these scenes.

You Can Only Guess At What Products Kody and Robyn Brown Use…

The Sister Wives crew must have worked overtime turning all the products so that the name brand wasn’t visible on camera. Like many TV shows, a crew makes sure none of the product names are facing the camera.

So, this leaves fans guessing at the brand names spread across the countertops. It is hard to imagine that Kody and Robyn would allow their home to be captured in such a discombobulated state. And it’s even harder to swallow the possibility they staged this on purpose.

But it did cause a stir among fans, who still talk about it years later.

Sister Wives: Comical Objects in the Background

The screenshot above shows a serious Kody Brown with a cowboy boot lamp in the background. This was taken at Janelle Brown’s house. This one scene, which showed up seasons ago, still sticks in the Sister Wives viewer’s mind.

When Janelle started decorating her new Taedem Farms home recently, fans hopped online questioning where she might put this lamp in her new house. Another round of laughter happened in a scene from earlier days while Janelle helped Kody pack for an overnight trip, as seen below.

Sister Wives viewers caught something in the background as Janelle helped Kody pack. Fans immediately got online to debate if this bunch of hair, seen over Kody’s shoulder, was his or Janelle’s. The color could go with either one’s blonde locks.

Jaw-Dropping Scene

The topper of the surprises came via an unforgettable Sister Wives background scene like no other. This is the one scene that fans seem to remember most. And it was from a very early Sister Wives season. The four wives toured their personal bedrooms that they shared with Kody Brown. This was a segment for the show.

The four brides considered their own bedroom a sacred place. So, it was uncomfortable for the ladies to see the rooms where Kody slept with his other wives. But this scene caused a stir that is still talked about today. When they came to Robyn Brown’s turn and the bedroom she shared with Kody, jaws dropped.

Some very alert fans caught what Kody left behind in the background of this scene. There on Robyn Brown’s nightstand was what appeared to be an empty condom wrapper. The other wives seemed uncomfortable at the time they toured the room, so many fans thought this was the reason that their comfort level seemed to tank.

Sister Wives: What Was This All About?

The Sister Wives fans also came out of the woodwork when Kody and Robyn allowed their daughter, Ariella Brown, to be filmed for the show with a pacifier in her mouth. She was about five years old at the time when seen for a fleeting moment with the device in her mouth.

Fans asked “why” they would allow this on camera. Kody and Robyn had to know they’d get backlash from the fans over this.

A lot of work goes into making the background camera-ready, and fans can’t believe all the things that slipped by. But even after Ariella was filmed, fans suggested they should have asked to have her edited out while using her pink pacifier.

Before the cameras film, the crew makes a sweep of the surroundings. That suggests that Kody, Robyn, and the other three wives know when the cameras will be there.

So how come all of the above slipped by? Many of the show’s fans believe these background “mistakes” are not mistakes at all.

Instead, they think it is all part of Kody’s plan to keep the drama going and the fans coming back to watch. After all, the Sister Wives made it through 19 seasons so far, with no news yet of it getting pulled off the air. Even though this show about polygamy no longer has a polygamous family, viewers return.

Plenty of Time to Fix It…

From the beginning of this show, Kody Brown was referred to as the patriarch of the family. He also made it clear throughout the seasons that his family follows his lead, leaving the viewers to believe he was in charge.

So, it would likely fall to Kody Brown to decide what is too risque, too silly, or too embarrassing to show up on camera. The Sister Wives fans bashed Robyn for her lack of housework and for letting Ariella walk around with a pacifier in her mouth for the world to see.

They also blamed her for the surprise that the camera captured on her bedroom nightstand. She knew the cameras would be rolling, so fans suggest she had plenty of time to clean up, and especially remove that controversial object in her bedroom. So, it looks like the jury is still out on whether Kody Brown’s family flubs on camera were really flubs at all.

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